What is DSH all consternated about? Money? Bankruptcy? As best I can tell, the only thing he paid for in this whole Free Comic Book Eon Day was transportation and insurance on Holtron. All indications are that Pete, Durwood, and Flash showed up as a favor. Mason definitely showed up as a favor. I’m pretty sure Les and “Batton” just showed up uninvited (Really, who would invite them anywhere?). Heck, based on what we saw, DSH didn’t even give out any free comic books. If buying pizza for eight puts Komix Korner into bankruptcy then it was going into bankruptcy within the month anyways and/or he never should have spent money on Holtron (though both crane rentals and multi-million dollar umbrella insurance policies can run as low as a few hundred dollars).

Maybe he was referring to how long this Free Comic Book Day thing has been going on, though I would argue we are closer to chapter 78 than 11.

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I’m thinking the idea is, everyone is one dollar away from failure, so of course everything always results in suffering, no matter what actually happened. This way, after a week or two of light-hearted comic book crap, someone has to say, “Oh, I am in pain” so that the “serious” part of this strip gets to wave “Hi!” to the award committees. “Hello! I hear you’re open for nominees, well, let me be modest and blush a bit, turning away, and just mention that I think I would enhance your award if nominated, and of course if I won, well, you’d be showered with honors…”

This local drama society’s casting of “The Fellowship of The Ring” was right on point, although the decision to stage it in modern times was unsettling. Gandalf the Grey in a cardigan sweater lacked the necessary gravitas.

Coming soon: Free Pizza Day sends the Westviewian economy, still reeling from Free Comic Book Day, into a death spiral. Within hours the Montoni’s district is full of desperate souls begging for a slice of pepperoni and/or a dog-eared copy of “Archie’s Comic Digest” to tide them over and Gazebo Park is littered with suicide victims whose bagged and slabbed investment copies of “Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali” are suddenly worthless.

I was going to say ‘At least there’s a variety of noses in today’s strip’ but on closer inspection Mason and Flash have the same nose, Pete and Batton have version A of the standard lump (slightly squared at the tip), with John and Darin (and Harry) having version B (slightly sloping tip). And Les has the cutest little button nose, because he is the prettiest.
Holy crap, is there anybody in this image who isn’t an author avatar?